Standing alone at a cocktail party
May 17, 2023
So much of the hard work of management is unsexy. Unglamorous. It is a grind, and often thankless. And nowhere is this more true than in performance reviews.
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Okay, but what about managing up?
January 26, 2022
What’s to be done about the boss above me who doesn’t know this stuff but needs to? How do I get them to show up for me so I can show up for my own team?
Who tells you no?
January 13, 2021
If bobblehead leadership is what’s rewarded in your org, that’s what you’ll get.
Imagine being able to count on the people you work with
September 11, 2019
The prisoner’s dilemma is why you didn’t do the pre-reading, Jeff
Valley thought leader prefers free market
July 31, 2019
No you don’t get to charge the interns, Jason.
The one question post-mortem
July 17, 2019
In retrospect, we did use a lot of Jay-Z in this one
Who are you laughing at?
March 27, 2019
We should all aim higher than a supreme court justice
Whatever emotions you’re on today, welcome back.
January 2, 2019
OK 2019, Let’s do this
The hardest management problem in tech
December 5, 2018
When you point it out to them, they get a faraway look and nod and say, “Yeah. Let’s fix that.”
You don’t run a traveling psychic circus…do you?
November 21, 2018
(PS – there’s a secret in this one.)
Leadership is not about your good intentions
February 8, 2017
Managing junior vs senior staff, and why you might be an ass
The open-faced shit sandwich: improvements on a crappy original
December 10, 2016
The right way, the only right way, to deliver feedback is to be thoughtful about the context and the individual and the intent of the feedback.
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